Street Fighter V support will last until 2020

Capcom has been discussing the future of their most recent fighter, as rumours swirl of a new character… and perhaps even a new game.

Despite being an excellent one-on-one fighter Street Fighter V has had a troubled life so far. Mistakes during its launch, and a lack of single-player content, created bad word of mouth that it never recovered from – despite a steady stream of updates since.

Some have suggested that the obvious solution is a Super Street Fighter V relaunch, but the problem is that Capcom originally promised they wouldn’t do that. So even if a significant number of fans are now behind the idea, Capcom would catch so much flak it wouldn’t be worth it.

Which is no doubt why Street Fighter overlord Yoshinori Ono has revealed that Capcom has plans to support the game for at least the next four years.

‘It’s not just a 1-2 year thing’, Ono told Japanese mag Famitsu, when asked about the road map for the game. ‘We’re looking pretty far ahead… We’ve planned out as far as 2020 or so.’

Ono was also asked whether Capcom had plans for other new fighting games in the meantime, with rumours brewing that the company has a major announcement to make at PSX next month – possibly Capcom Vs. SNK 3 or some other Vs. title or spin-off.

‘I’d be happy if we could’, said Ono. But first, we’d have to solidify Street Fighter V as an eSports title. I said in the beginning that we’ve seen a higher number of entrants than we had in the Street Fighter IV era, but we’d like to heighten that even further.’

The interview was translated by website EventHubs, with other comments denying suggestions that Akuma would be revealed at PSX. Although the way Ono answered the question makes it sound like whatever the secret reveal is, it’s probably not as significant as a whole new game.